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Study: Number of working journalists falling fast

Ten years ago, I was working as a journalist for a small weekly newspaper in Florida. I was one of 54,000+ reporters churning out copy in America’s newsrooms. Times have certainly changed—not only for me, but the industry as a whole.

Since then, these newsrooms have been decimated by layoffs and recovering journalists like me running like hell for less layoff-prone professions like public relations and content marketing.

Pew said that, along with the battering print has taken, the decline could be traced to the decisions by news organizations to devote more money and staff to digital advertising, social media and Web-friendly content.